infundo

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ fundō.

Pronunciation

Verb

īnfundō (present infinitive īnfundere, perfect active īnfūdī, supine īnfūsum); third conjugation

  1. to pour in, into, on, upon, or down upon, forth, infuse
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.122:
      “[...] dēsuper īnfundam, et tonitrū caelum omne ciēbō.”
      “[...] I will pour down [heavy rain and hail] from above, and I will shake all the sky with thunder.”
      (Juno will send a thunderstorm to disrupt the hunting party.)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Catalan: enfondre
  • Italian: infondere
  • Sicilian: nfùnniri
  • Catalan: infondre
  • English: infound, infuse
  • French: infondre
  • Portuguese: infundir
  • Spanish: infundir

References

  • infundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • infundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

infundo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of infundir

Spanish

Verb

infundo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of infundir